Europe

Louise Fréchette

Fréchette heads to Athens for meeting of European philanthropy organizations

28 May 2004
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette is heading to Athens this weekend to attend the annual meeting of an umbrella organization for European donors and philanthropists.
Children wearing sun hats

WHO hails growing use of global standards against cancer-causing sun rays

27 May 2004
With millions of new skin cancer cases diagnosed every year, the United Nations health agency today hailed the adoption by more and more Member States of the Global Solar Ultraviolet Index (UVI) which seeks to educate people about the dangers of overexposure to the sun’s radiation.
Mohamed ElBaradei (L) and US representatives

UN watchdog welcomes US plan to keep nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands

27 May 2004
Stepping up the battle to prevent nuclear weapons from falling into the clutches of terrorists, the United Nations atomic watchdog agency has welcomed a new United States plan to strengthen nuclear security around the world.

Poor countries need aid and well-planned trade liberalization, UN says

27 May 2004
Policies using international trade to improve the economies of the 50 poorest and least developed countries (LDCs) have not generated long-term reductions in poverty, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says in a new report.

Set of 30 mortal remains repatriated to Kosovo under UN auspices

26 May 2004
A third group of some 30 bodies exhumed from Batajnica, Serbia, and believed to be of missing Kosovo Albanians were repatriated under United Nations auspices today.
Harri Holkeri

Kosovo: top UN administrator Holkeri resigns for health reasons

25 May 2004
The top United Nations administrator of ethnically-divided Kosovo, Harri Holkeri, today announced his intention to resign for health reasons, just 10 months after he was appointed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan and two weeks after he was briefly hospitalized for fatigue.

UN war crimes tribunal indicts former Croatian general

25 May 2004
A retired Croatian general has been charged by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia with responsibility for his alleged role in a 1993 operation against a Serbian enclave.

UN agency aims to combat contagious animal diseases

25 May 2004
With livestock and avian diseases spreading across boarders more rapidly and increasing the likelihood of human health emergencies, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has teamed with an international agency monitoring animal health to set up a global information and early warning system on highly contagious animal illnesses.

UNESCO set to co-host junior tennis tournament at home of French Open

24 May 2004
The United Nations cultural agency is teaming up with French-based banking giant BNP Paribas to host hundreds of young athletes from around the world for a tennis tournament at Roland Garros Stadium - home of the French Open.

Fighting terrorism and corruption among resolutions adopted at UN crime commission

21 May 2004
The intensification of the battle against terrorism, promoting the rule of law in states emerging from conflict and rapid implementation of a new international treaty against corruption were among key resolutions adopted at this year’s session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ).